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AnotherMcIntosh

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4. This involves more than just false lab reports at the federal level. Labs at the State level

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 10:13 PM

Jul 2013

have also produced false reports that have led to convictions. A major scandal involving false lab reports, for example, was uncovered in 2010 in San Francisco. There were also other California counties with similar false lab reports. No body knows how many times lab technicians have helped prosecutors get unjustified convictions.

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DOJ may have abused evidence in over 2,000 criminal cases, including death penalty cases [View all] davidn3600 Jul 2013 OP

I believe the legal term is EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE and they are 100% obligated... TheMadMonk Jul 2013 #1

From 2012 Progressive dog Jul 2013 #2

Not according to these sources... davidn3600 Jul 2013 #3

Here you go from 2009 Progressive dog Jul 2013 #5

This involves more than just false lab reports at the federal level. Labs at the State level AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #4